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Course Descriptions

Course Description Notes

Northern Kentucky University has established abbreviations for its various disciplines. These abbreviations, which are printed next to the name of each discipline in the following course descriptions, should be used in preparing course schedules and at other times when referring to specific courses.

Following course titles in parenthesis is the number of semester hours of credit in the course. Listed below the course title are the number of classroom and lab/studio hours in the course, course prerequisites and co-requisites, and the semesters in which the course is taught.

Many courses satisfy NKU general education requirements under guidelines of the Kentucky Transfer Policy. If a particular course is approved for general education credit, a two-letter general education category designation follows the course title. The category for which the course is approved is listed in full beneath the course description. The general education category designations are:

OC – Oral Communication
WC – Written Communication
AH – Arts and Humanities
QR – Quantitative Reasoning
NS – Natural Sciences
SB – Social and Behavioral Sciences

Please refer to the General Education section of this catalog for complete information.

The university reserves the right to withdraw or modify courses of instruction at any time.
 

Mathematics
  

  • MAT 227 Calculus B (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 128 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Includes material covered in the middle third of the MAT 129 -MAT 229  sequence. Integration with applications, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, calculus of exponential, logarithmic, and inverse functions, integration by parts; calculus of parametric equations and polar curves.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MAT 228 Calculus C (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 227 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Includes material covered in the last third of the MAT 129 -MAT 229  sequence. Approximate integrals, improper integrals, infinite sequences and series, tests for convergence and divergence, power series, Taylor and Maclaurin series with applications; introduction of vectors and geometry of space; dot product and cross product. Credit is not given for both MAT 228 and MAT 229 .
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MAT 229 Calculus II (5 credits)

    Hours: 5 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 129  or MAT 227 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Calculus of exponential, logarithmic, and inverse functions; techniques of integration; arc length; calculus of parametric equations and polar curves; infinite sequences and series; introduction of vectors and Geometry of space; dot product and cross product. Credit is not given for both MAT 228  and MAT 229.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MAT 234 Linear Algebra (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 228  or MAT 229 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Vectors, matrix arithmetic, vector spaces, linear transformations, and applications.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MAT 240 Geometry II for K-8 Teachers (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): B- or better in MAT 141  or MAT 141R .
    Taught: Fall only
    Points, lines, and planes; curves and surfaces; congruence; similarity; parallelism; transformation, tessellations; systems of measure; perimeter; area; volume; angle measure. Appropriate computer software will be introduced. Only open to students majoring in elementary or middle grades education.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MAT 292 Introductory Mathematical Research (0 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Introduction to research in mathematics by participation in a special project or original research directed by a member of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics faculty. Course intended for mathematics majors interested in mathematics research but not ready or able to enroll in more advanced research courses. Pass/fail grade only.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 0.5

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  • MAT 294 Topics: Mathematics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Varies with topic (see Schedule of Classes).
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Topics in mathematics or mathematics education. Topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 15

    ♦
  

  • MAT 299 Directed Readings/Independent Study (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 15

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  • MAT 302 Introduction to Higher Mathematics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 228  or MAT 229 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Essentials of logic; methods of proof; set theory.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MAT 305 History of Mathematics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 129  or MAT 227 .
    Taught: Fall only-odd years
    Mathematics from ancient times through development of the calculus.
    Repeatable: No
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  • MAT 310 Elementary Theory of Numbers (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 302 .
    Taught: Fall only, even years
    Numbers and their representation, divisibility, and factorization; prime numbers; congruencies; primitive roots; quadratic reciprocity; Diophantine equations.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MAT 325 Differential Equations (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 228  or MAT 229 .
    Taught: Spring only
    Ordinary differential equations, with applications.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MAT 329 Calculus III (4 credits)

    Hours: 4 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 228  or MAT 229 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Cylindrical and spherical coordinates; space curves; differentiation and integration of vector functions; differentiation of functions of several variables, multiple integrals; vector fields; line and surface integrals; Green’s Theorem.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MAT 330 Partial Differential Equations (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 325 .
    Taught: Fall only
    Fourier series; orthogonal expansions; eigenvalue problems; boundary value problems in ordinary and partial differential equations. Same as PHY 330 .
    Repeatable: No
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  • MAT 345 Introduction to Higher Geometry (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 302 .
    Taught: Fall only-odd years
    Axiomatic Euclidean geometry; introduction to non-Euclidean geometries.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MAT 350 Financial Mathematics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): MAT 228  or MAT 229  or equivalent.
    Taught: Spring only, odd years
    Interest Theory and Financial Economics. Topics includes: time value of money, annuities/cash flows with payments that are not contingent, loans, bonds, general cash flows and portfolios, immunization, interest rate swaps,  determinants of interest rates and other investment strategies. 
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MAT 360 Numerical Analysis (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 234  and (CSC 270  or CSC 260 ).
    Taught: Spring only, even years
    Numerical integration, solution of nonlinear equations by iterative processes; functional approximation and interpolation; initial value problems.
    Repeatable: No
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  • MAT 375 Applied Mathematical Models (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in (MAT 129  or MAT 227 ) and (STA 205  or STA 250 ).
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Basic mathematical models arising in biology, psychology, sociology, political science, and decision science; exponential growth, predator-prey, Markov chain, learning theory, linear and nonlinear programming, waiting line, and simulation models.
    Repeatable: No
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  • MAT 385 Discrete Mathematics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 228  or MAT 229 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Propositional and predicate logic; proof techniques; recurrence relations; basic set theory; introduction to graphs, Boolean algebra; finite state machines.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MAT 392 Research in Mathematics (0-3 credits)

    Hours: 0-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Original research in mathematics directed by a member of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics faculty.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 15

    ♦
  

  • MAT 394 Topics: Mathematics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Varies with topic (see Schedule of Classes).
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 15

    ♦
  

  • MAT 399 Directed Readings/Independent Study (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 15

    ♦
  

  • MAT 410 Group Theory (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 302 .
    Taught: Spring only-odd years
    An introduction to the theory of groups.  Symmetric groups, abelian groups, cyclic groups, homomorphisms, Lagrange’s theorem, normal subgroups, and factor groups. 
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MAT 415 Rings and Fields (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 234  AND MAT 302  .
    Taught: Spring only-even years
    Rings, ideals, homomorphisms, and factor rings.  Integral domains and polynomial rings.  Fields, algebraic extensions, finite fields, and elementary Galois theory.
    Repeatable: No
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  • MAT 420 Real Variables I (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 302  and MAT 329 .
    Taught: Fall only-odd years
    Foundations of calculus; topology of Cartesian spaces; convergence; continuous functions.
    Repeatable: No
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  • MAT 421 Real Variables II (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 420 .
    Taught: Spring only-even years
    Sequences and series of functions; integration.
    Repeatable: No
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  • MAT 430 Complex Variables (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 302  and MAT 329 .
    Taught: Fall only, even years
    Analytic functions of a complex variable; Cauchy’s theorem and Cauchy’s formula; power series; contour integrals; conformal mapping; calculus of residues.
    Repeatable: No
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  • MAT 483 Cryptology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 234  or CSC 362  or CSC 364 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Cryptology of classical ciphers, mathematical foundations of cryptology, Hill cipher, DES and AES, cryptography of public key cryptosystems. Same as CSC 483 .
    Repeatable: No
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  • MAT 489 Comprehensive Examination (0 Credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of department.
    Taught: Not assigned
    Completion of a program reflection and an examination over general concepts in mathematics. To be taken within two semesters of graduation.
    Repeatable: No
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  • MAT 490 Mathematics Research Proposal (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of department.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Development of a comprehensive proposal for a research project in mathematics. Includes feasibility study, identification of resources, establishment of appropriate goals, proposal writing, and a public defense. May not be applied toward elective hours in the mathematics or statistics major. Pass/Fail.
    Repeatable: No
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  • MAT 491 Mathematics Honors Research Project (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Passing grade in MAT 490 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Supervised research in mathematics, concluding with a written report and public presentation of results.
    Repeatable: No
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  • MAT 492 Advanced Research in Mathematics (0-3 credits)

    Hours: 0-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Original research in mathematics directed by a member of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics faculty.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 15

    ♦
  

  • MAT 494 Topics: Mathematics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Varies with topic (see Schedule of Classes).
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Topics in mathematics or mathematics education. Topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 15

    ♦
  

  • MAT 497 Mathematical Sciences Capstone (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 30 semester hours earned toward the major in mathematics.
    Taught: Spring only
    Directed projects in the mathematical sciences.
    Repeatable: No
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  • MAT 499 Directed Readings/Independent Study (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 15

    ♦
  

  • MAT 584 Cryptography (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Cryptology of classical ciphers, DES and AES, public key cryptosystems, authentication and cryptographic hash functions. Same as CSC 584 .
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MAT 594 Topics: Mathematics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Varies with topic (see Schedule of Classes).
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Topics in mathematics and mathematics education. Topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 15

    ♦

Media Informatics
  

  • MIN 221 Visual Fundamentals for Digital Media (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): EMB 140  with a C or better.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Explores color theory, two-dimensional design, typography, layout, and web design, and user interface design.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MIN 240 Introduction to Interactive Media (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: MIN 221  and INF 286  with a C or better.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Expands on skills and techniques specific to developing user interfaces through user experience design. Students will develop a better understanding of the impact of graphical user interfaces in digital media.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MIN 244 Principles of Digital 3D Animation (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of EMB 140  with a C or better.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    An introduction to 3D animation workflow, principles, and storytelling methods.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MIN 245 3D Modeling Fundamentals (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: Completion of MIN 221  and MIN 244  with a C or better.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    An introduction to 3D workflow, project management, and modeling.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MIN 250 Analog Game Design (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of MIN 240  with a C or better.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    An exploration of game theory and the processes of including fun and challenge into game design.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MIN 252 Non-Linear Interactive Storytelling (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Storytelling, interactivity, and non-linearity theory in digital media. A deepening of understanding of communication design by analyzing traditional, current(emerging), and experimental(future) media and by experiencing informatics behind media.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MIN 294 Special Introductory Topics in Media Inf (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Varies by topic, check with Instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Focused study of significant topic from a media informatics perspective at an introductory level. Topics vary semester to semester.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    ♦
  

  • MIN 307 3D Lighting and Texturing (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): MIN 245  with a C or better.
    Taught: Spring only
    Theories and principles of lighting in conjunction with UV Layouts, materials, & textures.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MIN 309 3D Hard Surface Modeling (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): MIN 245  with a C or better.
    Taught: Fall only
    Intermediate techniques for modeling hard surface assets.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MIN 317 Virtual Sculpting for Digital Media (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of MIN 307  with a C or better.
    Taught: Spring only
    An introduction to 3D sculpting workflow and theories with material implementation.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MIN 320 Character Modeling (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of MIN 309  with a C or better.
    Taught: Spring only
    Character development and modeling for production.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MIN 330 Rigging and Animation (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of MIN 320  with a C or better.
    Taught: Fall only
    3D Mechanics and technical setup for character driven performance.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MIN 340 Media Scripting for Interactivity (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): MIN 240  with a C or better.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    A continuation of the development of skills learned in MIN 240. Students will learn how to program intermediate level of interactive experiences for digital media. 
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MIN 352 Project Research Management (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of MIN 309  or MIN 340  with a C or better.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Preparation of knowledge, skills, and techniques to produce portfolio quality work for professional presentation.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MIN 360 Usability Testing for Digital Media (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.
    Taught: Spring only
    Students will learn how to evaluate usability; usability testing principles and strategies for planning and conducting a usability test, analyzing and presenting the results in a written report. In addition, students will experience at least one usability test of digital media as a participant or an observer.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MIN 375 Computer Games and Digital Society (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): MIN 252  with a C or better.
    Taught: Fall
    A critical examination of computer games, digital communication and virtual worlds through the lens of current events, trends and research.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MIN 381 Computer-Mediated Communication (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.
    Taught: Spring only
    This seminar examines communication occurring between two or more individual people who interact and/or influence each other via the internet or network connection using social software. Topics include identity, social information processing, online romance, social network sites, Internet communities, web blogs, wikis, and workplace considerations.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • MIN 394 Topics: Media Informatics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Varies by topic, check with Instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Focused study of a significant topic from a media informatics perspective. Topics vary semester to semester.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    ♦
  

  • MIN 396 Internship: Media Informatics (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 12 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Written consent of supervising faculty member; junior or senior standing; and a GPA of at least 2.75.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Selected placement for majors in businesses and non-profit organizations. Internships may involve content design, web and mobile applications, digital advertising, animation, game design, production writing or other areas within field. Repeatable once for full credit if different responsibilities.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    ♦
  

  • MIN 417 Adv. Virtual Sculpting for Digital Media (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of MIN 317  with a C or better.
    Taught: Fall only
    Advanced 3D sculpting workflow and theories with material implementation.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MIN 420 Professional Practices (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing or permission of instructor.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    An examination of business and ethical practices within the media informatics industry. A focus on freelance and self-employment techniques will include business development and management, project management, legal issues, ethical practice and self-marketing.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MIN 426 Advanced Digital Compositing (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of EMB 326  with a C or better.
    Taught: Fall only
    Advanced methodologies in digital compositing, motion graphics, and post-production techniques.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MIN 430 Advanced Rigging and Animation (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of MIN 330  with a C or better.
    Taught: Spring only
    3D Mechanics and technical setup for character driven performance with implementation into a game engine.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MIN 440 Advanced Media Interactivity (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): MIN 252  and MIN 340  with a C or better.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    A continuation of the development of skills learned in MIN 340. Students will learn how to program advanced level of interactive experiences for digital media.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MIN 445 Intermediate 3D Modeling and Animation (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): MIN 245 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course will continue the development of 3D modeling skills with a focus on rigging, animating and visual effects.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MIN 452 Advanced Portfolio Production (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of MIN 352  with a C or better.
    Taught: Spring only
    Application of acquired knowledge, skills, and techniques to produce portfolio quality work for professional presentation.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MIN 492 Directed Research or Creative Work (0-6 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0-6 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing or Instructor Permission
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Research/creative experience that culminates in completion of one of the following: at least one peer-reviewed presentation/publication, an exhibition/performance, or at least one mentored, out-of-class presentation that exhibits the student’s project outcomes.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6
  

  • MIN 495 Study Abroad (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Varies by topic.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Varies by topic. Course includes a classroom portion and a trip abroad.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 12

    ♦
  

  • MIN 496 Senior Practicum (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Students work on team projects that allow them to integrate academic experience into real world situations. Required electronic portfolio is reviewed and evaluated with revisions applied. Students undertake assignments to build organizational competencies such as communication skills, teamwork, and critical thinking.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MIN 499 Independent Study (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 4 -12 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing and consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individually supervised work involving reading, research, writing, and/or production in specified area of interest in Media Informatics. The student will work with the instructor to select and develop the topic. May be repeated for a maximum or 6 semester hours as topic varies.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

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Medieval Studies
  

  • MDS 494 Seminar: Medieval Studies (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): MDS 201 and 9 semester hours of courses in medieval studies curriculum.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Selected topics in culture of the middle ages; student research on issues related to topic. Required for medieval studies minor.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦

Military Science
  

  • MSC 101 Leadership and Personal Development (1 credit)


    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Repeatable: No
  

  • MSC 102 Freshman Leadership Lab I (1 credit)


    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Military courtesy, customs and traditions of the service, development of self-confidence, drill and ceremonies, physical training, rappelling, rifle marksmanship training, and other basic skills.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • MSC 103 Intro to Tactical Leadership (1 credit)


    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Presents fundamental leadership concepts and doctrine. Opportunities to practice basic skills that underlie effective problem solving and apply active listening and feedback skills. Examine the officer experience and those factors that influence leader and group effectiveness.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • MSC 104 Freshman Leadership Lab II (1 credit)


    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Military courtesy, customs and traditions of the service, development of self-confidence, drill and ceremonies, physical training, rappelling, rifle marksmanship training, and other basic skills.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • MSC 201 Innovative Team Leadership (3 credits)


    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Repeatable: No
  

  • MSC 202 Sophomore Leadership Lab I (1 credit)


    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Functions and responsibilities of junior Noncommissioned Officers with particular attention devoted to the continued development of leadership potential. Drill and ceremony, map reading, physical training, leadership reaction, and practical field experiences are stressed.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • MSC 203 Foundations of Tactical Leadership (3 credits)


    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Repeatable: No
  

  • MSC 204 Sophomore Leadership Lab II (1 credit)


    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Functions and responsibilities of junior Noncommissioned Officers with particular attention devoted to the continued development of leadership potential. Drill and ceremony, map reading, physical training, leadership reaction, and practical field experiences are stressed.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • MSC 299 Leaders Training Course (4 credits)

    Hours: 4 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    If eligible, students may apply to the chair. Six weeks of paid summer ROTC training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Course graduates are eligible to enter the ROTC advance course and earn two year scholarships
    Repeatable: No
  

  • MSC 301 Adaptive Tactical Leadership (3 credits)


    Taught: Variable, check with department
    The student is challenged to study, practice and evaluate adaptive team leadership skills in preparation for the Leader Development and Assessment Course. Challenging scenarios related to small unit tactical operations are used to develop self awareness and critical thinking skills.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • MSC 302 Junior Leadership Lab I (1 credit)


    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Designed to develop leadership potential by participation in the planning and conducting of training, development of personnel management skills and by emphasizing the functions, duties, and responsibilities of Commissioned Officers and Noncommissioned Officers. Physical training and preparation for the summer assessment course are emphasized.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • MSC 303 Lead in Changing Environment (3 credits)


    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Probes leader responsibilities that foster an ethical command climate. Develops cadet leadership competencies and prepares them for success at the Leadership Development and Assessment Course. Recognize leader responsibilities to accommodate subordinate needs. Apply principles and techniques of effective written and oral communications.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • MSC 304 Junior Leadership Lab II (1 credit)


    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Designed to develop leadership potential by participation in the planning and conducting of training, development of personnel management skills and by emphasizing the functions, duties and responsibilities of Commissioned Officers and Non-commissioned Officers. Physical training and preparation for the Leadership Development and Assessment Course are emphasized.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • MSC 399 Leader Development Assessment (4 credits)


    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This training is conducted at Fort Lewis, Washington and normally takes place in the summer following the junior year. This internship is five weeks in duration and oriented on the execution of Advanced Military Tactics, Cadet Leadership ability, and physical endurance.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit
  

  • MSC 401 Developing Adaptive Leaders (3 credits)


    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Builds on Leadership Development and Assessment Course experience to solve organizational and staff problems. Discuss staff organization, functions, and processes. Analyze counseling responsibilities and methods. Examine principles of subordinate motivation and organizational change. Apply leadership and problem solving principles to a complex case study.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • MSC 403 Leadership in A Complex World (3 credits)


    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Repeatable: No
  

  • MSC 404 Senior Leadership Lab II (1 credit)


    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Emphasizes the functions, duties, and responsibilities of junior Army Officers with special attention directed toward developing advanced leadership potential, personal communications (oral and written) skills and through active participation in the planning and conduct of training.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • MSC 499 Directed Study (1-3 credits)


    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Open to especially qualified students with the consent of the department chair.
    Repeatable: No

Music
  

  • MUS 100 Music Appreciation - AH (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Survey of the development of music in Western civilization, with emphasis on the interdependence of classical music with art, literature, politics, religion, socio-economic changes, and world influences. Emphasis will be placed on developing a working knowledge of musical vocabulary and rhetoric, listening skills and the ability to identify differing musical styles, as well as familiarity with monuments of music and major composers.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Culture and Creativity
  

  • MUS 106 Music of World Cultures - AH (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    An overview of traditional music from cultures and regions throughout the world focusing primarily on non-Western traditions. This course examines music as a cultural phenomenon influencing the lives and traditions of contemporary cultures and past civilizations.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Global Viewpoints
  

  • MUS 107 Survey of African-American Music (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Music of the present; oral folk tradition; transition to present day works of African-American composers, and their relationships to western and non-western traditions.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • MUS 108 History of Rock and Roll (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Survey of the history, aesthetics, and sociology of rock and roll in the United States from its origins to the present.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • MUS 109 History of American Popular Music (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Survey of the history and development of American popular music from 1940 to the present.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • MUS 110 Appreciation of Jazz - SB (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Survey of America’s first indigenous art form and the elements influencing its historical, artistic, and socio-cultural impact nationally and globally. Emphasis will be placed on stylistic periods, historical contexts, major artists, and cultural influences of African and Western music methodologies as they relate to the development of the jazz idiom. Development of basic listening and music skills will be cultivated through the discussion of recordings, artist profiles, and concept application.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Cultural Pluralism
  

  • MUS 135 Class Piano for Non-Music Students I (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 3 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Group instruction in piano; development of reading, technique, and functional keyboard skills for students not majoring in music.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • MUS 136 Class Piano for Non-Music Students II (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 3 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): MUS 135  or 1 or more years of private piano study, or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Spring only
    Intermediate level group instruction in piano; further development of reading technique, and functional keyboard skills for students not majoring in music. Limit 18 per class.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MUS 148 Group Guitar (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Group instruction in beginning guitar; development of reading, technique, and functional skills helpful for elementary school teachers and others majoring in music.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • MUS 159 Music Education Field Work (3 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Additional field work for music education majors.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • MUS 260 Music Fundamentals and Skills for Classroom Teachers (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): EDU 104 .
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Designed to train teachers in grades one through six to read music, keyboard, auto harp, and recorder experiences; methods and materials. For students not majoring in music.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • MUS 291W Advanced Writing in the Music Profession (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
    Taught: Spring only
    For students planning careers in music or who have an interest in the field. Treats writing as a process of research, revision, multiple drafts, and feedback through peer workshops and instructor conferences. Incorporates close reading and critical thinking to help students engage with the ideas of others and to discover new writing techniques.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Written Communication II
    ♦
  

  • MUS 492 Student Research in Music (0 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of department.
    Taught: Fall and summer
    Undergraduate research experience/creative experience that culminates in completion of one of the following:  one peer-reviewed presentation/publication, an exhibition/ performance, or one mentored, out-of-class presentation that exhibits the student’s research outcomes. This course can  be taken as a coreq with an approved music course.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: Unlimited

    ♦
  

  • MUSA 101 Applied Flute (1-2 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + .5-1 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Private instruction in harpsichord, harp, voice, piano, piano accompanying, organ, guitar, and band and orchestral instruments. Open to students majoring or minoring in music; to other students by permission of music chair. 1/2 contact hour = 1 sem. hr.; 1 contact hour 2 sem. hrs. Fees assessed according to contact hours.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit
 

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